Golf-bag handle



Sept. 30, 1924.

G. L. PIERCE GOLF BAG HANDLE Filed 001.. 2a. 1923 Inuemiam Away;

Ira /d////// Patented Sept. 30, 1924.

GEORGE L. PIERCE, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOB TO A. G. SPALDING & BROS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

GOLF-BAG HANDLE.

Application filed October 26, 1923. Serial No. 671,016.

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, GEORGE L. PIERCE, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Golf-Bag Handles, of which the following is a specification.

My present invention relates to an im- 1 provement in golf bags, and is more specifically concerned with the method of attaching a handle thereto in an expeditious manner.

In bags of this type, it is usual to apply a shoulder strap attached at one end near the top of the bag and at the other end to a buckle, or the like, located partway of the bag length. In addition to this, it is usual. to apply a hand grip between the attachment of the ends of the shoulder strap.

I have found that the lower end of the hand grip may be extended to form a loop within which a buckle may be secured to which the lower end of the shoulder strap may be attached in the usual manner. This forms a neat and simple construction which does away with a multiplicity of parts.

I have illustrated in the accompanying drawings one form of the invention, which is to be taken as illustrative only of the principle involved.

In these drawings Figure 1 is a front elevation.

vFig. 2 is a side sectional elevation.

Fig. 3 is a detail with certain of the parts removed.

Referring now to the drawings, I have shown the bag proper at 1, having a reinforcement 2 around its upper edge and to which is secured, by means of a ring 3, the upper end 4 of the shoulder strap 5. The lower end 6 of the strap 5 is adapted to be secured to a buckle 7 fastened to the bag in a manner as will now be described.

A hand grip 8 is secured to the bag 1 as by inserting its upper end through a slot 9' in the bag and providing rivets 10 passing through the bag and hand grip. The lower end of the hand grip is threaded through slots 11, 12 and 13 in the bag to form a loop 14 to which the buckle isattached, rivets 15 and 16 passing through bag and handle to secure the parts together.

It will now be seen that an extension of the hand grip forms the securing means for the buckle'to which the lower end of the shoulder strap is secured.

Obviously it may be desirable to secure the hand grip to the bag in various ways, and this invention is not concerned with the manner of attachment to the bag, but merely contemplates the use of an extension of the hand grip as means for holding the buckle or other attachment for the lower end of the shoulder strap.

It will be apparent that by the arrangement of these instrunientalities a secure loop for the buckle has been provided which will be integral with the hand grip and is, therefore, particularly advantageous in assembling the bag. It willalso be seen that even if the rivets securing the loop become loosened, pressure on the hand grip will tend to reduce the size of the loop and thereby hold the buckle against the bag in a secure manner. This is due to the fact that the hand grip extension, or the lower end thereof, is threaded back and forth through the bag proper.

It may be found desirable in some instances, to form the loop from the extension of the hand grip by riveting the lower end thereof to the outside of the bag, but such a construction does not have the advantage of that illustrated, forv the reason that 85 should the rivets become loosened, the buckle would be liable to move upwardly onto the remainder of the hand grip, and would not be held in place as would be the case if the structure was as in the preferred form.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 2* 1. In a golf bag, a shoulder strap having one end attached to the upper portion of the bag, a hand. grip secured to the bag and having its lower portion formed into a loop, a buckle held by said loop, the lower end of the shoulder strap being fastened to said buckle.

2. In a golf bag having a plurality of openings in its wall, a hand grip having its upper end secured to the upper part of the bag and its lower end threaded through said openings, and providing a loop, a shoulder strap secured at one end to the upper part of the bag, and a shoulder strap engaging having one end secured to the bag above device carried by said loop. the handle, and a strap engaging devise re- 3. A golf bag having a handle with one tained by said loop. 10

end secured to the upper portion of the bag In testimony whereof, I afiix Iny signav and the lower portion bent to form a loop, ture.

with means connecting the handle to the bag 7 o r on each side of said loop a shoulder strap 7 GEORGE L. PIERCE. 

